Automobiles in Portugal are the ones that record the most collection campaigns in Europe, when there are important defects.
Certainly there will be readers who have already experienced such a situation: a mandatory collection of a particular model of car.
The brand notifies the owner that there is often important factory defect and that You need to bring all copies to the factory of that model.
Airbags, seat belts, brakes and electrical systems are the most common defects. In recent years, it is normal for the problem to be software.
Cars are increasingly modern and have increasingly electrical components; And the collections are increasingly common, the carvertical remembers in a statement sent to the ZAP.
In fact, if it is a problem that compromises the safety of drivers and passengers, the manufacturers are obliged by law to collect the affected vehicles and to repair them.
Portugal is the car with the highest percentage of collection in Europe: 18.2% They were collected by the factory at least once, according to data from Carvertical in Portugal.
More than one third (38%) car It was really to the factory and no longer has the defect in question; but the majority continues to circulate on roads with problems for solving or in an unknown situation, because Many Portuguese ignore these recalls.
The study was done between January 2023 and September 2024, involving 25 European countries and the US.
Near Portugal is Greece, with 17.6% of cars collected. Following are Spain (14.5%), Bulgaria (13.9%) and Germany (11.5%).
United Kingdom and Belgium (3.1%) were where the collections were scarce, besides the US (3.2%).
And that can be really dangerous: flaws in airbags have already killed people.
